“When it comes to scouts, heroes are just people who confuse cowardice with common sense.”
Robert Lynn Asprin (1946–2008) American science fiction and fantasy author
Source: Time Scout (1995), Chapter 7 (p. 119)
“Don’t confuse caution with cowardice.”
— Charles Sheffield, book Divergence
Source: The Heritage Universe, Divergence (1991), Chapter 22 (p. 495)
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